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Aside form the ethical considerations of long term storage, what is tinder doing with all this data if they can't even keep the bots off the service?
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The GDPR replaces the right to be forgotten with the right to erasure. But article 17 also gives the following grounds for refusal: Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the extent that processing is necessary: 1) for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information; 2) for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for…
But what you are forgetting is Tinders (or any other companys) legal merrit for storing your data in the first place. Generalizing the Regulation; In most cases Tinder or any other only have the right to store (process or transmit to a third party) you data if you have given explicit consent. And you can revoke your consent. So the issue is not the right to delete data in the case where you no longer use Tinder. The…
I'm also not sure if how did Tinder get the data (and yes it's important), Data sharing, 3rd party clauses etc. are also covered by the GDPR.
Does the GDPR can improve privacy? yes, but it really isn't the sledge hammer that people think it is.
This is a very big subject to big to cover over this channel to be frank.
I wonder what Snapchat would return. All the messages ever? Regardless of their pretend volality? Someone please try it, I don't have an account.
Rumor is that snap keeps messages in google cloud compute encrypted. When messages are expired or read by the user, they just delete the encryption key.
I think the more interesting question would be, how much data do they retain on you if you close your account?
All of it?
My own biggest issue with data retention is not that these companies collect all this data (they need to for their business models to work) but that they keep all of it, forever, regardless of whether it could possibly still be relevant to any business purpose (such as chat conversions from a decade ago).
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Rumor is that snap keeps messages in google cloud compute encrypted. When messages are expired or read by the user, they just delete the encryption key.
Why would they do that? Keeping around a bunch of blobs nobody can decrypt seems like a huge waste of resources.
I think the more interesting question would be, how much data do they retain on you if you close your account?
Data retention
We keep your information only as long as we need it for legitimate business purposes and as permitted by applicable legal requirements. If you close your account, we will retain certain data for analytical purposes and recordkeeping integrity, as well as to prevent fraud, enforce our Terms of Use, take actions we deem necessary to protect the integrity of our Service or our users, or take other actions otherwise permitted by law.
I think Tinder specifically has far better grounds for having all this data than most tech companies. After all it is their core function to try to match people, and to do that well you need to know the people.
I think Tinder specifically has far better grounds for having all this data than most tech companies. After all it is their core function to try to match people, and to do that well you need to know the people.
I wouldn't go so far as to say they need all this data. The service could work fine with just self-reported preferences and profiles if you wanted it to.
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All of it?
It sucks that you are probably correct. My own biggest issue with data retention is not that these companies collect all this data (they need to for their business models to work) but that they keep all of it, forever, regardless of whether it could possibly still be relevant to any business purpose (such as chat conversions from a decade ago).
880 matches holy shit, that has to be 8x as much as the average guy. Life must be so easy.
She matched with a new guy every two days basically, and he mentioned she only sent 1700 messages since she started. That's almost two average messages per match before getting bored and moving on.
With that much abundance of choice, I guess you could say life is nice and easy for the author.